Everything else took a beating, thanks to a nasty mix of weak demand and price cuts.
Particularly since Christie's father made his meager living beating out the mattresses of the rich.
If beating the stock market was so difficult, perhaps commodities would prove more fruitful.
Beating the market with actively managed mutual funds requires investors to select winning funds in advance.
Since it is, after all, based on numbers, some try to concoct market-beating formulas.
But the Ryanair jingle also says it is "beating every other European airline" on punctuality.
Sunderland had sprung a surprise by beating Everton thus relieving some of their relegation concerns.
And Woody Allen has forty, beating out William Wordsworth, Rudyard Kipling, and both Roosevelts.
Blackpool booked an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Everton after comfortably beating Sheffield Wednesday.
The Knicks won their first playoff series since 2000, beating the Celtics in six games.
After the beating Tripp has taken in the press, Starr's grand-jury chamber must seem downright inviting.
Wales lost 15-0 to pool winners Fiji on Saturday morning after emphatically beating Korea and Zimbabwe.
Excluding items, the company earned 71 cents per share, beating estimates of 54 cents.
There is no point beating around the bush, the South Africa game was a disaster.
United Technologies was the weakest stock on the Dow, falling 2% despite beating earnings estimates.
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The '27 Yankees rolled up their impressive win total by beating the woeful St.
Lester (5-0) threw a no-hitter on May 19, 2008, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-0.
In 1999, Shakespeare in Love won best picture, beating the favourite Saving Private Ryan.
Taylor first became a world champion in 2005 after beating Bernard Hopkins on points.
IMF-inspired medicine may work, but the patient will take a beating on the way.
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So when it came to Ireland beating England I at least knew something about it.
And he has even taken to beating the fibres into a pulp that makes excellent paper.
But, over time, with cameras beating down on them, even the fakest contestants radiate charisma.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart adopts an irregular rhythm that makes it stop beating.
Russian fourth seed Vera Zvonareva also went through after beating Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1 6-1.
Paul got 37% of the independent vote, beating out all his opponents by large margins.
In a per share basis, CSX earned 46 cents, beating consensus estimates by 2 cents.
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"Beating M'Baye was a massive shock to many people - but not to me, " said Rees.
Miloslav Mecir of Slovakia was the surprise winner of the men's event, beating American Tim Mayotte.
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Brebant broke the deadlock by beating Mark Cavallin with just over 2 minutes remaining.
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